A gripping murder mystery about the murder of an investigative journalist at True Con a right-wing conference in a run-down stately mansion. The novel is so timely with its US political connections, With several subplots the novel is part nostalgic memoir, and part twists and turns of a cosy murder mystery, There are several possible murderers with the villain hiding in plain sight all along.
'The premier satirist of great British crapness is on killer form in this gag-a-minute mystery' Observer
'A new Jonathan Coe is always a treat... Coe is a master at exploring the pains of modern life' The Times
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Post-university life doesn't suit Phyl. Time passes slowly living back home with her parents, working a zero-hour contract serving Japanese food to holidaymakers at Heathrow's Terminal 5. As for her budding plans of becoming a writer, those are going nowhere.
That is, until family friend Chris comes to stay. He's been on the path to uncover a sinister think-tank, founded at Cambridge…
Warren Ellis of Nick Cave's band the Bad Seeds has written one of the most bizarre and stand out memoirs of 2021. At a concert in 1999 Ellis saw the star Nina Simone stick her gum on her grand piano and launch into a performance. Afterwards Ellis crawls to the stage and retrieves and treasures the gum. He has it cast in silver for display in a Nick Cave exhibition, with a version cast by Ann Demeulemeester the fashion designer. The book's photographs trace the gum's various incarnations. A touching memoir in which Ellis muses about creativity, family and friendships in often hilarious moments.
THE TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER A GUARDIAN, TELEGRAPH, THE TIMES, IRISH TIMES, SUNDAY EXPRESS, ROUGH TRADE, MOJO, CLASH, ROLLING STONE, UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEAR
From award-winning musician and composer Warren Ellis comes the unexpected and inspiring story of a piece of chewing gum.
FEATURING AN INTRODUCTION BY NICK CAVE
I hadn't opened the towel that contained her gum since 2013. The last person to touch it was Nina Simone, her saliva and fingerprints unsullied. The idea that it was still in her towel was something I had drawn strength from. I thought each time I opened it some of…
It is 1899 and a conceited narrator Evelyn Dolman has recently married Laura a beautiful, younger and rich woman. From the beginning we know that trouble is brewing with Laura's indifference. On their honeymoon in Venice, Evelyn meets and becomes obsessed with Francesca whose brother claims to have been at school with Evelyn. The brother and sister bring Evelyn into a detective story plot following the disappearance of Laura who the police imagine to be murdered by Evelyn. Heavily influenced by Daphne du Maurier's My Cousin Rachel, Venetian Vespers keeps the reader guessing right until the end.
A SUNDAY TIMES AND TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR, SHORTLISTED FOR THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2025 FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNOW AND THE SEA
Everything was a puzzle, everything a trap set to mystify and hinder me. . . Winter 1899, and strange things are afoot. As the new century approaches, English hack writer Evelyn Dolman marries Laura Rensselaer, the daughter of a wealthy American plutocrat. But in the midst of a rift between Laura and her father, Evelyn's plans for a substantial inheritance look to be dashed.
Arriving in Venice for their belated honeymoon at Palazzo…
The multi-faceted essays here reveal how feminist criticism changed in one academic’s career from 1986 from the publication of her stellar work, Feminist Criticism .It demonstrates how feminists try always to be critically innovative, and the ways in which Maggie Humm's work has opened up new avenues into twentieth-century women’s writing, Virginia Woolf, film and feminist criticism
